A Romo revival for Cowboys

The game matched a pair of last-place teams and looked it at times. The mental toughness, willingness to inspire, and faith in his ability to win demonstrated by Tony Romo today are rare qualities to find in any player, but indispensable for the leader of a football team.

McFadden rushed 29 times for 129 yards, including nine carries for 40 yards in the final 6 minutes as the Cowboys controlled the ball and the clock. The weight of an offense can’t rest on his back. This gave the Dolphins an opportunity to blitz. Both these picks may have cost the Cowboys points. “It just comes down to execution”. “I think what happened was, the combination of the situational thinking throughout the game and that got better and better as the game went on. I told them that the wins and losses are what people talk about, but the way that they played was inspiring”.

In this game, Romo attempted 28 passes.

If Romo can dig them out of his hole, it would also silence all those remaining who embarrassingly rip him for being non-clutch. It went for a short gain.

Romo soon settled down and showed his characteristic creativity. Cassel was better than Weeden but not significantly.

Romo managed to get into a rhythm to lead his team into the redzone, but his attempted strike to Dez Bryant for a touchdown was intercepted by Brent Grimes on the goalline.

Coming into this week both the Cowboys and Dolphins are bottom of the NFC East and AFC East respectively.

“We know how good they are, ” Romo said. Escobar tops team receiving. “He’s a competitor. Makes a lot of plays for us”.

The Cowboys went up two scores when they added a field goal midway through the fourth quarter. His throw was slightly off target as he released it quickly under pressure.

It was the fourth interception of McClain’s five-year National Football League career, and it was his first touchdown.

Romo had one-on-one coverage behind an all-out blitz but was looking to Bryant’s vertical route.

“Him being back just gives everybody that much more juice”, Bryant said.

Ryan Tannehill completed 13-of-24 passes for 188 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in Miami’s 24-14, Week 11 loss to the Cowboys.

Even though Romo returned he was a littler erratic. He would be flagged for unnecessary roughness, giving the Cowboys the ball on the 21 yard line. The 31-yard touchdown to Terrance Williams was a big play.

Romo once again completely changed the play, and the Dolphins responded by adjusting their alignment slightly. The Dolphins ultimately sent all of their defenders who aligned in the box after the quarterback. Osweiler, on his 25th birthday, completed 20 of 27 passes for 250 yards and recorded a passer rating of 127.1. Philadelphia continues to struggle in Chip Kelly’s third season. After turning it over on each of their first two possessions, veteran quarterback Matt Hasselbeck led two long scoring drives to get Indianapolis back into the game. And on several occasions, he bought time and created.

Romo didn’t hit every target. But can we with Romo back?